German businessman and billionaire Rolf Gerling has an estimated net worth of $1.69 billion as of April 2016 according to Forbes. Rolf Gerling was born on December 15, 1954 in Cologne, Germany. He attended the University of Zurich and currently, he is married, with three children.

In 1994, his father Hans Gerling inherited him 94% stake in Gerling Konzern which was then valued at U.S. $1.6 billion. Gerling Konzern started as a small insurance company Gerling Konzern. Through the efforts of Rolf Gerling's father, Hans, the small-time insurance company became a global insurance group. Today, Gerling Konzern is considered as the largest writers of reinsurance policies in the world. In 2005, he gave up his management of the firm when he sold Gerling Konzern to Talanx Group. He currently works for Gerling Academy for Risk Research, a think tank which he founded.